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  • Retiring SCOTUS, the fight for our Redwood Forest & Child Tax Credits, Oh My!
    Today on Sojourner Truth Radio we discuss the latest update on the U.S. Child Tax Credit with Federal Campaign Director of Economic Security Project Action, Ana Aurelio, what do parents need to know to receive this credit now and through their tax returns and what we can do to ensure its continued existence.
    We will also discuss the latest update on Supreme Court Justice announcing his retirement with our guest Dr. Gerald Horne. Who is on the short list of possible candidates to replace his seat in the midst of forthcoming Supreme Court decisions on abortion rights and affirmative action impacting the future of education in the U.S.
    We end with our Earth Watch guest of the week, Naomi Wagner, a trainer with the Redwood Nation Earth First campaign, and her involvement with the campaign to save Jackson State Forest, a 50,000 acre redwood forest track in Mendocino County, California.
    50 min
  • Retiring SCOTUS, the fight for our Redwood Forest & Child Tax Credits, Oh My!
    Today on Sojourner Truth Radio we discuss the latest update on the U.S. Child Tax Credit with Federal Campaign Director of Economic Security Project Action, Ana Aurelio, what do parents need to know to receive this credit now and through their tax returns and what we can do to ensure its continued existence.
    We will also discuss the latest update on Supreme Court Justice announcing his retirement with our guest Dr. Gerald Horne. Who is on the short list of possible candidates to replace his seat in the midst of forthcoming Supreme Court decisions on abortion rights and affirmative action impacting the future of education in the U.S.
    We end with our Earth Watch guest of the week, Naomi Wagner, a trainer with the Redwood Nation Earth First campaign, and her involvement with the campaign to save Jackson State Forest, a 50,000 acre redwood forest track in Mendocino County, California.
    50 min
  • ST.Wed.1.26.22.Food& Health Care Reform Not, War?
    Today on Sojourner Truth we will discuss NATO and its relationship to the Ukraine Russia conflict. Is war a possibility?
    Also, the Cal Care Bill being proposed in CA could make CA the first state in the U.S. to offer universal health care to its residents. We will speak to Carmen Comsti, one of the authors of the bill and Policy Specialist for the Nurses Association on what opponents and proponents have to say.
    Finally we conclude with our last guest Keith McHenry, founder of Food Not Bombs. Who will fill us in on the recent attacks from local governments to quell food not bombs food distribution in cities nationwide.
    53 min
  • ST.Wed.1.26.22.Food& Health Care Reform Not, War?
    Today on Sojourner Truth we will discuss NATO and its relationship to the Ukraine Russia conflict. Is war a possibility?
    Also, the Cal Care Bill being proposed in CA could make CA the first state in the U.S. to offer universal health care to its residents. We will speak to Carmen Comsti, one of the authors of the bill and Policy Specialist for the Nurses Association on what opponents and proponents have to say.
    Finally we conclude with our last guest Keith McHenry, founder of Food Not Bombs. Who will fill us in on the recent attacks from local governments to quell food not bombs food distribution in cities nationwide.
    53 min
  • ST.Soil.VotingRights.Tue.1.25.2022
    Today on Sojourner Truth, we chat with veteran civil and human rights advocate Esq.,Barbara Arnwine about what the future of voting is shaping out to look like in the U.S. since the recent filibuster-who will share her report back on all options and pushes to counteract the failure of a just voting rights bill.
    We will then discuss the popularity of the regenerative soil movement in rural U.S. and it's positive global impact in trapping Co2 thereby acting as a real solution to counteract the fast detriment of climate change. E.D. Susan Jennings of the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice will discuss the forthcoming BIPOC Farmers Conference coming this September 2022, and its theme around storytelling, and food sovereignty.
    Lastly, we are following a developing story re: Wright Middle School, a STEM magnet school located in underserved community in LA. The LA Unified School District has proposed to move the campus to a more affluent part of town, Westminster. We will hear from a parent to find out what this means for the Black and Brown STEM students who are able to attend this magnet school because of its location in their neighborhood.
    Esq. Barbara Arnwine founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition, Susan Jennings E.D. for the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice, and the Warren MS story unfolding in Los Angeles, California.
    53 min
  • ST.Soil.VotingRights.Tue.1.25.2022
    Today on Sojourner Truth, we chat with veteran civil and human rights advocate Esq.,Barbara Arnwine about what the future of voting is shaping out to look like in the U.S. since the recent filibuster-who will share her report back on all options and pushes to counteract the failure of a just voting rights bill.
    We will then discuss the popularity of the regenerative soil movement in rural U.S. and it's positive global impact in trapping Co2 thereby acting as a real solution to counteract the fast detriment of climate change. E.D. Susan Jennings of the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice will discuss the forthcoming BIPOC Farmers Conference coming this September 2022, and its theme around storytelling, and food sovereignty.
    Lastly, we are following a developing story re: Wright Middle School, a STEM magnet school located in underserved community in LA. The LA Unified School District has proposed to move the campus to a more affluent part of town, Westminster. We will hear from a parent to find out what this means for the Black and Brown STEM students who are able to attend this magnet school because of its location in their neighborhood.
    Esq. Barbara Arnwine founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition, Susan Jennings E.D. for the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice, and the Warren MS story unfolding in Los Angeles, California.
    53 min
  • Sojourner Truth Radio presents The Eagle and the Condor
    Sojourner Truth Radio presents a discussion on the documentary film The Eagle & the Condor by Directors Clement and Sofie Guerra. The film takes an in depth look at the extractive fossil fuel industries and their devastating impact in the verdant jungles of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon, and first nations communities in Canada and Oklahoma. The film takes the viewer to these frontline communities most impacted by this environmental degradation, documenting the indigenous land consent response in defense vs the fossil fuel's extractive policies resulting in the present environmental devastation.
    51 min
  • Sojourner Truth Radio presents The Eagle and the Condor
    Sojourner Truth Radio presents a discussion on the documentary film The Eagle & the Condor by Directors Clement and Sofie Guerra. The film takes an in depth look at the extractive fossil fuel industries and their devastating impact in the verdant jungles of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon, and first nations communities in Canada and Oklahoma. The film takes the viewer to these frontline communities most impacted by this environmental degradation, documenting the indigenous land consent response in defense vs the fossil fuel's extractive policies resulting in the present environmental devastation.
    51 min

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Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod is a news & public affairs program that airs Tuesday through Friday on KPFK Radio from 7 to 8 AM (PST), and nationwide on Pacifica Radio networks.